Sri Lanka would soon become a signatory to the International Convention for the Prevention of Cybercrime, according to the Minister of Science and Technology, Professor Tissa Vitharana. Speaking at the inauguration of a two-day workshop on cybercrime organized by the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) and the Council of Europe, the Minister said computer is both a boon and a bane but the law enforcement officers should be able to implement justice.
He said for this "we need trained law enforcers. For example with the case of electronic signatures, questions like ''''What techniques can be used to check the authenticity of the signature?'''' 'Can a signature be forged and if so how can forgery be detected?" should be answered and we need to have a trained police force capable of handling these questions." Secretary to the Ministry of Justice Suhada Gamlath said cybercrime has become a very real issue in Sri Lanka and the time had come to make Sri Lankan law on cybercrime consistant with international laws and standards.